Come (here) in order to A

友達とスポーツをしに来た。
I've come with my friend to play sports.
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日本へ日本語を勉強しに来る人は多い。
There are a lot of people who come to Japan to study Japanese.
12点
わぁ!この大勢の人達は一体何をしに来たんだろう?
Wow! What did all these people come here to do?
11点
君は手伝いに来てくれたの?ありがとう、助かりました!
You came to help me? Thanks a lot!
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毎月、二度、店長が、店の様子を伺いに来る。
The store manager comes to ask about the state of the store twice each month.
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1時に友達が家に遊びに来るんだ!
Friends are coming over to visit at one o'clock!
4点
母はこのレストランに食べに来るらしい。
It appears that Mom comes to this restaurant to eat.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
会いに来た (came to meet)
Notes
Shows movement to the subject's location
Where this grammar is found
User notes
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する nouns (such as 勉強する or 発表する) are often abbreviated in everyday speech by dropping the する in this format, leaving the noun(the part that comes before する) + に来る.
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